But there is a way to change effortlessly. The vast majority of people view change as one of the most traumatic experiences in life. I know that effortless change sounds impossible to most people. They’ll let natural circumstances override what God says.īut when we meditate in God’s Word, we are undergoing effortless change! We may not see ourselves growing, but we are-just like that planted seed is growing under the ground even though the farmer can’t see it! Many people dig up the Word by speaking directly against what it says. Likewise, you have to have faith that the seed of God’s Word will do what it was designed by God to do: produce its fruit in its time. If you dig it up every day to see if anything is happening, it will die.Ī farmer has to leave his seed in the ground and believe that it’s growing even though he can’t see it. Just because there’s nothing visible aboveground doesn’t mean the seed isn’t growing. You can’t plant a seed one day and expect to see it growing the next day. Second, the man who sowed the seed slept and rose day after day. Having the Bible on our tables, in our hands, or in our heads is not sufficient we have to let God’s Word penetrate our hearts. Just as a seed doesn’t release its life until it is planted into the ground, God’s Word will not set us free until we get it in our hearts. Today, since so few of us are farmers, it might take a little explanation for us to fully grasp these truths.įirst, He taught that God’s Word has to be planted like a seed in our hearts. In this parable, Jesus compared the Word of God to a seed (Mark 4:14). But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. It says,Īnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. He revealed and confirmed it to me through a parable in Mark 4:26-29. Kneeling beside my bed one day in 1968, I began to pray, “Lord, what do I have to do to get from where I am to where You want me to be?” I opened my eyes, and as I saw my Bible laying on the bed in front of me, I heard the Lord say, “Just put My Word in your heart, and it will do the rest.”Īlthough the Lord spoke that to me in prayer, it was important for me to see it in the Word.
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